世界で初めて美術工芸品として高額品だけを扱うキャラクターフィギュア専門店として創業

Febuary,1997

Established the world’s first retail store specializing in character figures, that specialize only in high-priced art and craft items

戦いをテーマに『ART OF WAR』（孫子の兵法／THE　ART OF WAR）を商標登録
(日本、ＥＵ、アメリカ、中国、韓国等で登録済み）ブランドとして創業。

白泉社、円谷プロダクション、タイムワーナーエンターテイメント、カプコンなどの
各種コンテンツを高品質で立体化した塗装済み完成品を世界で初めて企画、製造、販売するメーカーとしてを活動を開始。

ショウルームについては宝飾品店など商業建築を主に手掛ける一級建築士によって設計された。

Established the brand, ART OF WAR™, a name that takes its inspiration from the title of the classic Chinese treatise, Art of War by Sun Tzu.

ART OF WAR™ is registered as a trademark in Japan, the EU, USA, China, Korea, and other countries.

When the company was established, we started out as the world’s largest maker of made-to-order garage kit figures based on licensed content from companies such as Hakusensha, Tsuburaya Productions, Time Warner Entertainment, and Capcom.

Our showroom was designed by a leading architect who mainly specializes with commercial architecture projects such as jewelry stores

文化創造事業として高く評価され、平成13年経営革新企業に認定される

We were certified as a management innovation company by the Japanese government in 2001 in recognition of our reputation as a cultural creation business

細密な交渉と推論から実際の甲冑と同素材、同製法で制作した「上杉謙信（最上胴具足）」「真田幸村（仏胴具足）」「織田信長」を企画・制作

We planned and produced faithful reproductions of “Uesugi Kensin (Mogami Dogusoku )”, Sanada Yukimura (Buddha Dogusoku )”, “Oda Nobunaga” statues using the same materials and manufacturing methods as the actual armor of the time. We achieved this through intensive discussion with various parties and analysing what the production process would have been

１/４創作武将像　織田信長、真田幸村、伊達政宗像の制作に着手

Worked on the 1/4 size statues of military commanders: Oda Nobunaga, Sanada Yukimura, and Date Masamune

戦国期の酒器の再現のため漆器の企画・制作に着手

Began planning and production of urushi lacquerware to reproduce drinking vessels from the Sengoku Period

上：上杉謙信所用の馬上杯、瓶子制作に着手
下：安土桃山時代を代表する瀬戸黒、黄瀬戸、志野、唐津など和物陶器作家のプロデュース開始

Top: Began production of Uesugi Kenshin’s sake cup and bottle
Bottom: Began production of Setoguro, Kizeto, Shino, Karatsu, and other Japanese pottery art representative of the Azuchi-Momoyama Period

１/２復元鎧『黒田長政所用　大水牛脇立桃形兜・具足一式』
１/２復元兜『織田信長所用　南蛮兜』完成

Completed 1/2 scale reproduction of armor sets “Kuroda Nagamasa’s large buffalo-width peach-shaped helmet and complete set of Gusoku” and “Oda Nobunaga’s Nanban helmet”

徹底した考証のもと、世界で初めて1/2サイズで正確に再現した。

Based on thorough research, this is the world’s first accurate reproduction in 1/2 scale

ギフトショー出展　立体工芸、絵画、漆器、陶器による総合的な安土桃山の美を会場に再現

Exhibited at Tokyo Gift Show to show the beauty of statues, paintings, lacquerware and pottery from the Azuchi-Momoyama Period

丸善　丸の内本店にて「仏像展」初回開催、以降通算11回を超える定期開催を行う

Held the first Buddhist Sculpture Exhibition at the Maruzen Marunouchi Main Store. Since then, it has been regularly held more than eleven times

三越　広島店　「安土桃山の美術展」を開催

Held Art of Azuchi-Momoyama Period exhibition at Mitsukoshi Hiroshima Department Store

本物の兜と同じ伝統技法で再現する戦国兜
「拳王（ラオウ）兜」「直江兼続」兜　１/１を企画制作（限定３０頭）

Created a limited edition of thirty 1/1 scale Ken-oh and “Naoe Kanetsugu, helmets using the same traditional techniques as real helmets

本物の鉄を張り合わせ、手作業で叩き出し、
形を形成してゆくという、日本の本来の伝統的製法を用いて制作。
兜の装飾にも革や木材・石など様々な素材で本物を用いている。

(C)武論尊・原哲夫/NSP 1983, 版権許諾証 HIA-408「北斗の拳」
(C)隆慶一郎・原哲夫・麻生未央/NSP 1990, 版権許諾証 HID-609「花の慶次」

We utilized the original traditional Japanese process of laminating real iron, beating it out by hand, and forming the shape. The helmets were also decorated with various authentic materials such as leather, wood, and stone

© Buronson, Hara Tetsuo / NSP 1983, Copyright License HIA-408 Fist of the North Star

© Ryu Keiichiro, Hara Tetsuo, Aso Mio / NSP 1990, Copyright License HID-609 Hana no Keiji

BuddhismArt　オリジナル仏像シリーズの制作に着手

Created a new series of original Buddhist statues entitled BuddhismArt

大丸　東京店　美術画廊　「戸屋勝利と安土桃山の造形美展」開催

Held Art of Katsutoshi Toya Katsutoshi and Azuchi-Momoyama Periodexhibition at the Art Gallery, Daimaru Tokyo Department Store

第２回ライセンシングジャパン出展

Exhibited at 2nd Licensing Japan

以降、全てのライセンシングジャパンに出展

We have exhibited at every Licensing Japan trade show

LIMA LICENSING AWARDS 2015　最終選考に選出、表彰される

Nominated at the 2015 LIMA International Licensing Awards as one of six finalists in the 2015 Best Character or Toy Brand Program of the Year category

「LIMA インターナショナルライセンシングアワード（国際ライセンス大賞）」にて表彰される。

「SAMURAI ANIMALS」がキャラクタープログラム部門に
「ハローキティ」や「マーベルキャラクター」と並び最終選考６作品に選出される。

SAMURAI ANIMALS™, was nominated as one of six finalists in the 2015 Best Character or Toy Brand Program of the Year category, alongside world-famous properties from licensors such as Marvel Entertainment/Walt Disney Company, Hasbro and Sanrio

丸善丸の内本店、大阪タカシマヤ美術画廊などで創作武将像を発表

Exhibited military commanders statues at Maruzen Marunouchi Main Store, Osaka Takashimaya Department Store Art Gallery, and other locations

大阪タカシマヤ　美術画廊にて展示される

Exhibited at the art gallery, Takashimaya Department Store, Osaka

ライセンシングエキスポジャパン 2018 に出展

Exhibited at Licensing Expo Japan 2018

ジャパンコンテンツショーケース 2018 に出展

Exhibited at Japan Content Showcase 2018

伊達家ゆかりの地、瑞鳳殿に「黒漆五枚胴具足　伊達政宗　武将像」を寄贈

Donated a Statue of Date Masamune to Zuihoden, the mausoleum complex and resting place of the Date Clan in Sendai, his hometown

現在、瑞鳳殿資料館に展示いただいております。

The statue is currently on display at the Zuihoden Museum

April, 2021

第11回ライセンシングジャパン　出展予定

Exhibit at 11th Licensing Japan